Going to Disney Without The Kids... 'Cause We're Evil Like That!! ~ updated 9/21

[castmemberb4]

Thanks again for all the compliments on the shirts... you're all making me blush


I didn't find the shirts any hotter than a regular t-shirt I guess they might keep in the heat a little more than a plain shirt with nothing on it but probably the same as any shirt with a picture.

It must be me I'm at that "age" that everything makes me hot !
I'm going to wear mine for the trip down.

 

[castmemberb4]

At this moment the excitement has been replaced by stress... stupid hurricanes!!!

Don't worry about it too much one of the best trips we had we were slogging around EPCOT at the F&WF during the outer bands of Wilma, it clears out the crowds quite a bit. The only scary part was flying home through that weather sysstem, scariest flight of my life ! But you don't have to worry about that part. DH & I are actually hoping for some rainy days on our up coming F&W trip, 'cause we're odd like that
Here's some for a wonderful safe trip.
Lynn

 

[ForeverDance]

Don't worry about it too much one of the best trips we had we were slogging around EPCOT at the F&WF during the outer bands of Wilma, it clears out the crowds quite a bit. The only scary part was flying home through that weather sysstem, scariest flight of my life ! But you don't have to worry about that part. DH & I are actually hoping for some rainy days on our up coming F&W trip, 'cause we're odd like that
Here's some for a wonderful safe trip.
Lynn

Our biggest concern right now is getting stuck on the road with a hurricane coming in. Hurricane Ike is not a little guy so he won't even have to come that close to mess us up for driving.

 

[ForeverDance]

Glasses and Envelopes and Shoe Drama Oh My!


As I've already mentioned this has been a very busy week for us. I have completed most of my shopping (only a few small items left) and have began putting things together. Here are some of the things I have accomplished:

New Glasses - I finally went in and did my eye exam and decided on a new pair of frames. I am really happy with them.

After much debate and hemming and hawing I decided to go with the transition lenses. I have heard both really good and bad about them and it seems you either love them or hate them. In fact the woman at the store actually said "people either swear by them or swear at them".

So far I like them a lot. Going from clear to dark they transition pretty quickly. Going from dark to clear takes quite a bit longer but they begin to lighten almost immediately when you come inside so I haven't been bothered by the time it takes. The nicest thing about them is that I don't have to go digging for clip ons when the sun comes out



Tip Envelopes - I have finally gotten around to printing off all of my tip envelopes for our table service meals and for mousekeeping. I think they came out really nicely.

I have filled the first couple of days worth of envelopes but will have to wait to do the rest until we get some more smaller American bills.



New Shoes... Again - Okay so I think I cursed myself in a previous post where I claimed that I do not have shoe drama. After about a week of wearing those new shoes I did not like them anymore. They felt "flat". Wearing them all day long while camping confirmed that they would not do for Disney as I had sore feet and I hadn't even spent the whole day walking So I had to get new ones. It worked out okay because DD needed new shoes and payless had the buy one get one half price sale.

Here are my new 'New Shoes'

I have been wearing them basically none stop since I got them and so far I am very happy. I don't have any blisters or sore spots so I think they will be okay in Disney even though I haven't had them long. They still feel very "bouncy" and light.



As I mentioned we did a whole lot of shopping this week. We bought all of our snacks for the car ride down, sunscreen, bugspray (because I heard on here that the mosquitos are bad right now), rainx (in case we drive through a swarm of lovebugs), and our blank t-shirts.

Our t-shirts are my next mission.

 

[If U Had Wings]

I love the new glasses. Very stylish! I just bought my first pair with the transition lenses myself. Not sure exactly how much I like them. My periphrial vision is a bit spotty with them. I'm going to have to have them checked out this weekend.

Love your tip envelopes too!

 

[mickeysmyboy]

I like your glasses! My MIL has the transitions lenses and she loves them! The only issue she has ever had with them was that when SIL got married outside she was wearing sunglasses walking down the aisle and in all the pictures. She said had she realized (it was just something she didn't think about, who would) she would have bought an inexpensive pair of regular glasses to wear. The photographer realized at one pint and asked her to take her glasses off but then should couldn't see anything and she's squinting in all of the those pics!!

I love the tip envelops, very cute!

 

[ForeverDance]

I love the new glasses. Very stylish! I just bought my first pair with the transition lenses myself. Not sure exactly how much I like them. My periphrial vision is a bit spotty with them. I'm going to have to have them checked out this weekend.

Love your tip envelopes too!

I haven't noticed any issues with periphrial vision yet but then I might just have not noticed. I'm nearsighted so I have good vision up close and my prescription is not too heavy so I can see half decently far away so maybe that's why I haven't noticed.

The only real issue I'm having with the transitions is with driving. Since the suns rays don't actually get through the windshield they don't transition in the car. I'm keeping my old pair of glasses in the car for driving (they have clip-ons). My prescription didn't change a whole lot so I feel comfortable using those ones when need be.

I like your glasses! My MIL has the transitions lenses and she loves them! The only issue she has ever had with them was that when SIL got married outside she was wearing sunglasses walking down the aisle and in all the pictures. She said had she realized (it was just something she didn't think about, who would) she would have bought an inexpensive pair of regular glasses to wear. The photographer realized at one pint and asked her to take her glasses off but then should couldn't see anything and she's squinting in all of the those pics!!

I love the tip envelops, very cute!

I wouldn't have thought about that either. That's the nice thing about the transitions is you seem to forget about the fact that they change. They handle everything for you which I think is going to be a blessing at Disney.

 

[willwriteforears]

Love the new glasses! I was in contacts before I had laser surgery, so I don't have any opinions to offer on the transition lenses, but I do think they'll work great at Disney.

Also love your tip envelopes! Very spiffy.

 

[ForeverDance]

I had a very busy weekend getting ready for our trip and obsessing over hurricane Ike. As the new predicted paths move further and further from Floriday I have finally permitted myself to begin packing and getting excited.

I should have an update on my trip preparations tonight... possibly the last one (well about trip preparations anyway) as we are just about packed and ready to go. Yes. Three days before my trip I will be completely packed. What can I say? I like to be organized and ready to go so I don't feel rushed on the last day.

 

[Lady Lallie]

You are so close to your trip!

Love the glasses and the envelopes. Curse shoe drama. I hate shoe drama.

 

[ForeverDance]

T-Shirts Galore

I intended to update last night but I was so tired after work that I decided to order pizza for dinner and watch a movie before going to bed. DH and I were both sound asleep by 9:30pm last night

I woke up feeling guilty this morning for leaving you hanging after saying I was going to update. So I am determined to get at least one update out today. If I have time tonight I'll do a second once I have finished all the packing... if I don't fall asleep

Over the weekend I finished all our t-shirts. I am very happy with how they turned out. I was a little worried about the colours we chose (since we stuck with whatever colours we could get in the cheap shirts) but after making them I am extremely pleased.

Here is the shirt that we will both be wearing on our first day at Disney. We had the same shirt last year and I thought it was so cute that I decided to make new ones for this trip (last year's are all cracked... but I am wearing it on the drive )

And this is the shirt that we will be wearing around EPCOT

This one is just for DH (the colour isn't showing well in this picture but the shirt is actually a red/burgandy colour).

And this is the shirt just for me (again the colour isn't showing well the shirt is actually navy blue).

I didn't manage to get a picture of DD's shirt since I had to do that one late Sunday night after she went to bed and it's been hiding in my closet ever since. I'll try to snap a picture tonight after she goes to bed so I can show you how that one turned out.


I have finished most of my packing. All our clothes are packed at least. I still have most of the toiletries to pack... but then we need them so that makes it hard.

I am going to be packing DS's clothes tonight for the one weekend he will be visiting my parents. He was suppose to pack for himself this weekend but he's aunt (on his mom's side) had a baby on Thursday night and he went with his mom and grandma to visit her so he'll just have to suffer through my clothing choices... apparently I'm not as cool as I'd like to think when it comes to teenager's clothes


If all goes well I will have everything packed and laid out ready for our trip (except those items that we need to pack at the last minute) by the end of the night.

Wednesday will be a final load of laundry to clean up those few items of DD's that she absolutely must be able to wear this week and must also be able to take to grandma and grandpa's house Hopefully the rest of the night will be relaxing so that I will be able to sleep. If we are running around Wednesday night I know I'll be too worked up to sleep. Assuming sleep is at all possible Wednesday night. But really who sleeps the night before they leave for Disney?

 

[Lady Lallie]

I love the Genie shirts. I felt like that after a few hours on the plane!

 

[If U Had Wings]

Love the shirts! Very cute.

 

[lmillercrew]

I can't believe your trip is already here!! Love the shirts. My DH loves Grumpy and what a perfect saying. Good luck with the packing.

 

[ForeverDance]

I love the Genie shirts. I felt like that after a few hours on the plane!

Ah yes but planes are crowded. Our van has lots of room. Even more this year with just the two of us. So I can totally understand why you felt like that after only a couple hours.

Love the shirts! Very cute.

Thanks! The credit for most of the designs belongs to fellow DISers... but I did manage to print them off and iron them on nicely

I can't believe your trip is already here!! Love the shirts. My DH loves Grumpy and what a perfect saying. Good luck with the packing.

I know I can't believe it either. I am truly getting very excited now.
DH also loves grumpy. Last year he bought a shirt at Disney that says "I'm Grumpy because your Dopey". It's one of his favourite shirts.

 

[nts4wdw]

Love the shirts! I know you are so excited!

 

[ILuvCrush]

Luv the shirts!!! Great job! Those gals over on creative DISigns are amazing!!!!

 

[ForeverDance]

Love the shirts! I know you are so excited!

I am bouncing off the walls!

Luv the shirts!!! Great job! Those gals over on creative DISigns are amazing!!!!

They really are amazing and I am so glad they are there!


So I know I said I was going to update last night but I forgot that DD had dance class. So we didn't get home until 7pm and didn't eat dinner until almost 8pm. After that I ran around finishing the packing and DH worked on our CDs. I got everything done I needed to last night, but didn't have time to write an update. Since I will be leaving tomorrow you can be sure that one way or another I will be finding time to do an update tonight... and probably one last one from work tommorrow before we leave.

 

[lmillercrew]

Yay you leave tomorrow!!!! Have fun you guys! You'll love your time together without the children. Let me just say that I'm so jealous!!!

 

[ForeverDance]

Ready to Go!!!

I'm going to have to stop saying when I'm going to update because it never seems to work out and I'm afraid I'm going to develop a reputation

Obviously, last night was a little more hectic than I had hoped and while I did get everything done I did not have time to update. I did however have time to upload the pictures to photobucket so that I could update from work today... shhhh don't tell the boss

As promised here is the end result of the shirt for DD:

DH is going to drop home today and put it in her already packed suitcase so that it will be a surprise for her when she opens the suitcase at grandma and grandpa's.


I made one more design for our trip. This one is an envelope to hold the money we are paying my parents to watch our cat.

DD is taking care of the cat during the week because she will be at our house before and after school anyway. My parents are driving over twice a day on the weekends to make sure our cat is fed and loved so we are paying them for those days.


I got all of our fish tanks put on timers for the lights (we have 3 tanks of fish which DD and my parents will be taking care of as well when we are gone) and finished all the packing and last minute checking of lists.

As of 7:30 am this morning we are officially ready to go!!!